Work & commute · Industrial

Work & commute in Industrial, MN

Most working residents leave Industrial for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Duluth (43%), Cloquet (9%) and Superior (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 390 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 387 Industrial residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Industrial.

387live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

78work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Industrial goes to work

Duluth18.7 mi away

43%166

Cloquet11.6 mi away

9%35

Superior, WI23.8 mi away

6%25

Hermantown13.1 mi away

6%22

New Independence6 mi away

3%11

Grand Lake6.6 mi away

3%10

Minnetonka143.2 mi away

2%7

St. Paul137.5 mi away

2%7

Canosia11 mi away

2%6

Hibbing40.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%96

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Industrial commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10%

68%

15%

10%Under 10 mi

68%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Industrial is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.21 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Industrial are

81 jobs are based in Industrial. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Industrial’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Industrial

81 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Industrial residents hold

390 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−35%

Jobs based in Industrial, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 81. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.